Morten Sorensen – Start something EP (Tirk)

Released: 02/06/2008

This record immediately caught my attention. Tirk has been one of my favourite labels since it sprung out of the excellent Nuphonic imprint back in 2004. Furthermore, this record had a scandinavian sounding name and behind the production is Groove Armada’s Tom Findlay. So who is Morten Sorensen?

The grand story from the label reads that ”…hailing from a small mackerel fishing village in southern Norway, 22-year old Morten Sorensen enjoyed a ten year spell spent in New York whilst his dad worked for the UN’s international maritime commission developing a love of dusty old NY disco that was to irrevocably shape his future”. Sound like Maurice Fulton and the Tirk guys have done some creative writing if you ask me. Fiction or non-fiction, the sound is definitively Tom Findlays.

Those of you familiar with Tom Findlay and Tim Hutton’s collaboration under the name “Sugardaddy” will recognize the sound (on Tirk as well). The special cut on this release is the title track – “Start something”. Slow grooves and a touch of building electro before it breaks down into the soul bliss of Chic’s 1982 classic “I feel your love comin’ on”. Good use of the sample and a great breakdown for those early hours.

There are three other tracks on the EP as well. “Cyclick”, “Visage” are both decent productions, minimal with that element of funk – however, none of them really stands out. “Woo hoo” enters the sound of Chicago and samples “Jack your body”. Accompanied by some funky stabs on the synth and a bouncy bassline it should go down well on the floor.

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